Polish firm goes bust

[Monsieur Abeille]

I'd ordered a hive stand from eBay, identical to that sold by Park though quite a bit cheaper

Anyway it seems the manufacturers in Poland have gone bust in case anyone else has dealings with them (sorry but dont know who)

 

[drstitson]

surely the P&P must cost more than the timber at local merchants?

 

[Monsieur Abeille]

Quite possibly. I was of course ordering from the UK and being charged a tenner P&P (which still may be more than the cost from timber merchants but I'm no DIY-er)

 

[Black Comb]

Yes my timber for these costs 6.48.

 

[Somerford]

Looking at it, I'd spend £10 on timber and make the cross members a little deeper as it looks to be able to take at least 2 hives, maybe 3, and fully laden they will weigh a fair bit !!

Out of interest, is there a demand for hivestands ???

S

 

[richardbees]

Not surprised they've gone bust - all their carpenters are over here!

 

[jallen]

cant bee good old fation bricks

 

[Hombre]

What's a fat iron brick? Sounds all a bit Buckminsterfullerene and technical to me.

 

[jezd]

Not surprised they've gone bust - all their carpenters are over here!

lol

 

[Dishmop]

That stand is a terrible design.

One good push from the end and it would collapse.

 

[drstitson]

who cares if the polish firm has gone bust - timber like this should be treated with an outdoor wood stain/preservative NOT polish.

 

[Black Comb]

That stand is a terrible design.

One good push from the end and it would collapse.

I've made a few similar to these but added a brace bar on each long length 1/4 way up from the bottom to stop it doing this.

 

[Rosti]

That stand is a terrible design.

One good push from the end and it would collapse.

Sounds of comparable quality to the makers business plan then!

 

[Monsieur Abeille]

Looking at it, I'd spend £10 on timber and make the cross members a little deeper as it looks to be able to take at least 2 hives, maybe 3, and fully laden they will weigh a fair bit !!

Out of interest, is there a demand for hivestands ???

S

It was intended to take three, though my immediate plan was to put two in it.

So if any of you budding chippies would like to build and sell me one of a similar size (68x18x12) then PM me with details

 

[Poly Hive]

which company was it?

PH

 

[Dishmop]

My thoughts on a stand that takes more than one hive is that when you start working on one hive ......... does the noise/vibration transmit to the other hive/s and bring the neighbours out as well?

Oi, whats going on 'er then,, keep the bloody noise down......

 

[Dishmop]

which company was it?

PH

Wobblinskystand

 

[Monsieur Abeille]

which company was it?

PH

I dont know the manufacturers who went bust, the company selling them on Ebay was GR Supplies, who inferred to me that they had a lot of outstanding orders so slightly peeved!

Thanks to Doc S's post on another thread I'm within the 45 days claim back from Paypal so that'll give me something to do today

 

[Poly Hive]

Thanks for that as I am dealing with one myself at the moment for a new bee suit so wondered.

PH